Chargers reporter Ricky Henne says after the first three days of playing strong safety at practice, today Jahleel Addae lined up at free safety. With James out, last years fourth round pick Rayshawn Jenkins had been lining up at free safety.

This is interesting on a number of levels. The main critique for Addae has been his tackling. At free safety, he’s the last line of defense. So if he misses, then it’s off to the races. There’s some risk having Addae back there, no doubt. It likely makes the defense better as a whole as they can stay in base defense with James in the box as he has the cover skills of a slot corner. You also can let him loose and let James blitz, among many other things. In Gus Bradley’s defense, they’ll likely have six defensive backs on the field at a time upwards to 15-20 plays a game. All these guys are going to play and they’re going to be playing all over.

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